Example sentences of "[adj] and turned [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His fingers were sweaty , his touch proprietorial , and all at once she wrenched free and turned to the man who 'd come to her assistance . |
| 2 | But as she shook her hair free and turned to the door , she realised that Miguel was already missing . |
| 3 | The three men watched the animal snuffling among the elder and then , satisfied that he would nibble at the leaves , they left the stable and turned towards the house . |
| 4 | Argentinian anti-aircraft fire had brought down at least one Harrier pilot before the gun barrels were depressed and turned against the Paras . |
| 5 | I was beginning to feel suspicious about my room , but when he opened a door with a key and turned on the light I saw a small clean room with a bed , a table and a chair . |
| 6 | Tired of the wheedling tone , the persistent arrogance of the man , Cowley lost his cool and turned on the colonel . |
| 7 | The race was really on now , and as the quartet came away from the third last and turned into the straight Desert Orchid suddenly had a fight on his hands — not from Ten of Spades , who had exhausted himself in drawing the grey 's sting and now fell heavily at the second last , but from Toby Tobias and Norton 's Coin . |